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The use of involuntary commitment for drug addiction is rising in some states, the Associated Press reports. In many places, legislators are trying to create or strengthen laws allowing authorities to force people into treatment. Critics, including many doctors, law enforcement officials and civil rights...

Many people arrested in Chicago were within two to three degrees of separation from someone who possessed an illegal firearm, says a study analyzing the social circles of offenders, the Chicago Tribune reports. In one of the first analyses seeking to unravel Chicago’s gun market...

ICSC is in full swing at the Las Vegas Convention Center this week. This is the world’s largest gathering of retail real estate professionals. With 37,000 industry professionals and 1200 exhibitors, it promises to be an amazing week. Last year, the mood at the convention...

What started with a pained Facebook post by Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo after Friday’s school shooting has escalated into a full-on war of words with the nation’s gun lobby, the Houston Chronicle reports. Hours after a gunman killed 10 people and wounded 13 others,...

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Defendants accused of stealing trade secrets often claim that publicly available information can’t constitute a trade secret. Sometimes yes, but mineral ownership that can be determined from the public record only after lengthy, expensive, and labor-intensive research in the county courthouse can have...

The House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan prison reform bill Tuesday amid objections from some Democrats and liberal groups that it doesn’t go far enough. Lawmakers approved the First Step Act by a 360-59 vote to incentivize inmates to complete prison programs that reduce their likelihood...